Parvovirus B19 in an immunocompetent adult patient with acute liver failure: an underdiagnosed cause of acute non-A-E viral hepatitis

Can J Gastroenterol. 2005 Mar;19(3):161-2. doi: 10.1155/2005/853947.

Abstract

There are occasional pediatric reports of parvovirus B19-associated transient acute hepatitis and hepatic failure. A case of a 34-year-old immunocompetent woman who developed severe and prolonged but self-limited acute hepatitis and myelosuppression following acute parvovirus B19 infection is reported. Parvovirus B19 may be the causative agent in some adult cases of acute non-A-E viral hepatitis and acute liver failure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / complications
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Liver Failure, Acute / complications*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
  • Parvovirus B19, Human*